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Liam and I enjoyed our free day by sleeping in. We woke about 8:30am but laid into 9am. I had some ideas of what I wanted to see but Liam was not so keen. So I decided to sort out previous purchases and organise our luggage as we are leaving this hotel tomorrow. It felt good to do this fresh as the previous time we did this was after a long day at Universal studios. It was 11am before we were all re packed, dressed ready to see the sights of San Francisco. My first planned ...

... and admiring the scenery. The first stop Liam and I did was to walk beside the aquarium and take a photo of the bay. It really is quite big, there were some cormorants and a lonely sea lion sunning themselves on a rock of the boardwalk. From here we made our way up Cannery Row. Cannery row is named due to the canning factories that lined this road along the bay. Cans were made on one side of the road, and then transported along the bridges across the ...

... the hotel is on Nob Hill, and you don't have to walk far before being confronted by those steep hills that they keep featuring in car chases in the movies. Might have to catch a cable car. Tomorrow will be picked up by a limo at 0645 to go to the airport for a 0915 flight to Phoenix and then a 1215 flight to Tucson arriving at 1305. Will pick up a car at the airport and head for Caren and ...

Sunday is farmers market day in Marina (our neighbourhood). It's only 5 mins walk so we went for a browse, bought some breakfast and coffee and hung out with the locals and their dogs. As it was the last day for the sound maze and San Francisco Art Fair we decided to visit both. The first opened at 11am so we enjoyed the tree chairs overlooking Alcatraz. The Sound maze was great fun, there were a number ...

... to the end point. Walked to Union Sq where we looked at some of the stores before meeting Cathy and Libby at the Pickwick Hotel. Had some Happy Hour drinks at the bar next door before catching an Uber cab back to our hotel. Home for everyone to catch up on their digital homework before watching a pay TV movie and an early ...